The California Legislature wrapped up its work yesterday afternoon and adjourned for its month-long summer recess. This week, several policy committees held hearings to meet today’s deadline to hear and report all non-fiscal bills. The Legislature will reconvene on Monday, August 6. Upon their return, legislators will face a very busy four weeks of fiscal…
Read More »The ability for local governments to impose taxes and fees on sodas and sugar-sweetened beverages was highly debated in the California State Legislature this week. Two trailer bills, SB 872 and AB 1838 were introduced to ban the ability for local jurisdictions to impose new taxes on groceries, which by definition includes sugar-sweetened beverages/sodas, until…
Read More »Today is the deadline for the California Legislature policy committees to hear and report all fiscal bills, which resulted in a busy week of committee hearings and amendments to bills. Next Friday, July 6 is the deadline for policy committees to hear and report all non-fiscal bills and also the start of the Legislature’s month-long…
Read More »The Legislature maintained a very busy hearing scheduling this week as policy committees face a deadline next Friday, June 29 to hear and report all fiscal bills. Non-fiscal bills must be heard and reported by policy committees the following Friday, July 6, prior to the Legislature breaking for their summer recess. With the upcoming deadlines,…
Read More »The California Legislature continued with a busy schedule of committee hearings this week, facing two upcoming deadlines on June 29 and July 6 for bills to be advanced out of their committees. The next several weeks will feature a flurry of actions on bills prior to the Legislature’s July summer recess. Below, we highlight significant…
Read More »This week, the California State Legislature resumed committee hearings after last week’s floor-only session and deadline for measures to be advanced out of their house of origin. June is expected to be a very busy month with a significant number of committee hearings prior to the summer recess in July. Notably this week, Senate President…
Read More »Today marks the deadline for the California Legislature to pass all bills out of their house of origin. Both houses maintained a significant bill load, working their way through over 80 bills each day this week. While some bills met their fate in their house of origin this week, many more were advanced onto the…
Read More »AB 626 (E. Garcia) has been set for hearing on Wednesday, June 13 in the Senate Health Committee. The measure seeks to create a new type of food facility defined as “microenterprise home kitchens” in the California Retail Food Code and allow the sale of potentially hazardous foods directly to consumers in private homes. The…
Read More »Fiscal Committees Hold Suspense File Hearings Today marks the deadline for fiscal committees to hear and report bills in their house of origin. Both the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees reviewed a number of bills in Suspense File hearings this week. Below, we highlight actions of interest to CHEAC Members. An updated version of the…
Read More »The Legislature maintained a busy hearing schedule this week, considering and taking action on a number of policy and budget items. Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees will hold suspense file hearings next week in order to meet the May 25 deadline for fiscal committees to hear and report to the floor all fiscal bills introduced…
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